I've been working for the last 13 years as a C.N.A./caregiver. My experience includes a hospital setting with maximum of 12 to 14 patients, assisted living with one patient, and in a residential facility. My duties are: Assisting with patient care recording, vital signs, high/weight, input/output, collect and test specimens, report and record patients condition and treatment, assist with feeding and G-tube, assist with their mobility, turn and repositioning, range of motion exercises, transferring patients to and from wheelchair, assist with ambulation, wound care, dressing and grooming, bath, help them with daily activities, more than a job being around elderly people and help them, make me feel great.
Caregivers that work non-full-time jobs or irregular shifts can negotiate extra compensation in addition to their standard hourly wage.
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